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Lake Fishing Guides
on Fontana Lake
Guided
trips to catch catfish, smallmouth bass, largemouth
bass, perch, walleye and muskee.
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Smallmouth caught on Fontana |
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Walleye fishing is
best from April till about July, with both day and
night fishing trips available. July through October
is good months to catch Bluegill and giant catfish
at Fontana Lake. Cat fishing is done mostly of the
night. For the months of November through April,
Fontana has some of the best smallmouth bass fishing
in the south.
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Fontana
Lake: provides 238 miles of shoreline
and 10,230 acres of water surface for fishing
and recreation activities.
Fontana offers a large variety of fish
including: smallmouth and large mouth bass,
black, white and spotted bass, walleye,
bluegill, catfish, bream, crappie, muskie and
more.
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Santelah
Lake: a 3000-acre lake within the
1,350,000 acres of the Nantahala National Forest
has a wide variety of fish including: smallmouth
bass, largemouth bass and walleye. Until
recently Santeetlah Lake was home to the state
record largemouth and walleye. Santeetlah also
has a good population of crappie, bream and lake
trout..
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Bear Creek Lake: located in Jackson
County
is managed as
hatchery supported waters, meaning they are
regularly stocked with trout by the Wildlife
Resources Commission but the primary draw is
smallmouth bass. In addition to smallmouth and
trout, the lake also has crappie, rock bass,
some largemouth bass and loads of sunfish and
bream.
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Cedar Cliff Lake:
offers smallmouth
bass, crappie, rock bass, some largemouth bass
and loads of sunfish and bream. Cedar Cliff Lake
also has a small population of trout that enter
the lake from the Tuckasegee River.
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Lake Glenville:
located at 3500 feet above sea level is the
highest lake east of the Mississippi and offers
excellent fishing for Small and Largemouth Bass,
Walleye, Trout, and Bream.
For Lake Levels
excluding Fontana and Santelah
click here.
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